European Football - Eat Your Greens, and Your Reds!

When the referee gave fiery Italian Fernando d'Ercoli a red card in the Pianta-Arpax Italian league match in the late 1980's, he could hardly have expected what was to follow! 

D'Ercoli grabbed the red card from the referee's hand and ate it in one go! Eating the red card failed to persuade the referee to change his mind, and the hungry d'Ercoli was sent off for an early bath!